While I’d venture that most Atlanta Thrashers fans are northern transplants like me, every once in a while I’m reminded that I’m still in the south.  They normally have pretty cool promotional giveaways like ceramic, hand-painted bobblehead dolls or nice clothing, I noticed the following item on the Promotional items calendar on their website.

Obviously this is all tongue-in-cheek, but if someone tunes into that game or sees the highlights of that game and see a crowd of 17,000 people sporting blue mullets, you might wonder what the heck is going on.  Now, while we still see the occasional classic mullet down here, the mullet is by no means indigenous to the south.  Go to the rural areas of Michigan or Indiana and you see just as many Kentucky Waterfalls/Canadian Passports flowing not-so-gracefully over the locals’ tank top or ZZ Top concert shirt.

**********

Another topic is relatively old news but I needed to comment on it for the record.  The mom who wants to ban the Harry Potter books from all Gwinnett County libraries because it promotes Satanism and the occult is completely off her rocker.  Again, there’s a scarily large portion of our country that probably agrees with her but a lawsuit just had to happen in Georgia (grrrrr).  As is the case with a lot of these “Moral Police” crusaders, she has never actually read any of these books.  Everything she argues against is based on hearsay.

If she actually took the time to read at least one of JK Rowling’s books, she would find out that Harry Potter, along with his friends, his school, and his teachers all use their magic for good.  They never use their powers for evil.  Like I’ve said before, any book series that can entice kids to stand in line, waiting for a 700+ page book is not a bad thing in this age where reading is declining.  Any time a book can compete for a youngster’s time against video games and TV and dry humping and the internet is a good thing.

Plus, does this lady have ANY idea that it’s not good to incur the wrath of Voldemort?

**********

Even our immigrants down here have caught on to Redneck Fever.  On Friday, a pickup truck full of Hispanic construction workers had your standard redneck-y Calvin-peeing-on-(insert hated car logo here) rear window sticker..  Of course, instead of showing off his crazy hair, this window sticker had him wearing a sombrero.  Viva Cuello Rojo.